China denies phone calls to US on trade talks

BEIJING: China’s foreign ministry has reiterated that it had not heard of any recent telephone call between the United States and China on trade, and said it hopes Washington can stop its wrong actions and create conditions for talks.

Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang made the comment at a news briefing yesterday after US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said there had been contact between the two sides but declined to say with whom.